A rendering for a starter home under construction sits at The Orchards at JDC Ranch, a housing development with 275 homes capped at $400,000 located in Plain City. In his State of the State address, Gov. Cox renewed his ambitious call to reform the regulatory processes and construct 35,000 starter homes within the next five years. Photo by Katie McKellar, Utah News Dispatch.

STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS

Brice Wallace
Business Journal

Utah’s governor is encouraging every resident of the state to “build.”

In his State of the State address, Gov. Spencer Cox lauded Utah’s legacy of building and urged Utahns to keep it going.

“We must build,” he told the audience. “Today, we can renew our forebears’ tradition of true grit. Generations of Utah entrepreneurs and leaders have fought through unfavorable conditions, and built in the face of Please log in to see the rest of this story.